Evening Star Newspaper, May 22, 1896, Page 11

‘A LIVELY FILIBUSTER Senators Hill and Chandler Oppose the But- ler Bond Issue Bill. Many Conference Reports Interposed —Some Sharp Talk—Adjournment at Length Secured. It was conference report day in the Sen- ate yesterday and practically no other busiress was transacte] save the consid- eration of such matters. A determined fill- buster was successfully curried at the end of the day against the effort of Mr. Butler and the other silver men to secure the consiceration of his bill to prohibit the further issuance of bonds without the au- thority of Congress. Mr. Hill led the op- position, which was numerically much weaker than the party friendly to the bill, ard after repeated efforts a motion to adjourn was agreed to about 6:30, the Senate being then without a quorum. When The Star's report of the proceed- closed a debate was on progress over the conference report on the iegisiative ap- propriation bill, which was being assailed Mr. Platt and others for various pro- ions contained in it, especially that re- s to the appointment of a registrar of rights. At about 4 o'cl a@ vote was taken on the motion to approve the con- ference report, which resulted in 26 yeas a ays, the report beimg thus dis- and the bill sent back to con- ni Teed to, ference. The Bond Issue Bill Choked Om. Mr. Butler then moved to proceed to the consideration of his bond issue bill, but Mr. Pettigrew secured the floor with the con- ference report on the Indian zppropriation bill, in which a partial agreement between the houses was announce®. The report was agreed to without debate, and then Mr. Gallinger brought in the conference report on the bill to regulate the practice of medicine and surgery in the District. This being a complete agreement, and having been concurred in the day before House, the bill now goes to the Pres- t for his approval. Mr. ‘Millan pre- ed the conference report cn the bill] ning the shape and size of dry meas- ures in the District, and the Senate con- curred. Mr. Allison next brought up the sundry civil bill, on which the conferees had reached a partial agreement, and after a debate of twenty or thirty minutes the re- Was agreed to and the bill sent back for further conference. The District bill, which has passed both hous was then laid before the Senate, and the chair appointed Senatcrs Teller, Allison and Cockrell as the conferees. The Filibustering Begun. It was at this point that the effort to up the bond issue bill was made it, the filibustering began. Mr. Butler made the motion to take up the bill, which is very brief, being in the following language: “Be it enacted, ete., That the issuance of interest-bearing bonds of the United States for any purpose what- ever without further authority of Congress is hereby prohibited.” Mr. Hill was anxious that a should be inaugurated, but Mr. objected to any remarks being made, and Hill to filibustering with b in € debate Stewart this started Mr. a motion te adjourn, in which the yeas and nays were ordered, resulting:~ Yeas, ays, Those voting urn were Senator: z Gray, Hale, McM*lan, Platt, Vilas and Wetmore. The vote Was about to be taken on Mr. Butler's mo- tion when Mr. Chandler moved an execu- tive session, resulting in 10 yeas and 32 nays No quorum voting the roll was called, and fifty-five Senators responted. Several of those who ha: yoted on the first mo- tien refrained from voting un the second. When a quorum had been secured the ion Mr. Chandler's mo- tion fei sion, but before it could be taken Mr. Pettigrew submitted a second report of conference on the Indian bill, and there was quite a debate as to whether it could be received or not, pending @ vote on the question. There was unani- mous consent agreement given that the report should qe printed to be considered today, and immediately a wrangle resulted as to the meaning and extent ef this agree- n enators Hill and Allen becoming ed in, a personal dispute, at the ax of which Mr. Hill emphatically de- ! that a certain statement of Mr. was false. Matters vere becoming J,when,on demand, the conference as read at length. ‘chis done, the report question again recurred on Mr. Chandlers motion to go into executive session, but before it could be put Mr. Chandler him- self rose to a privilege question, and asked the chi Senator Faulkner, ‘to lay be- fore tne Senate the message that had just before been received from the House, an- the passage over the President's bill granting a pension to Hoover. This was held to be r at that time, after the rules read, and the vote was then the motion to close the doors, yeas, 12; nays, 34, just been taken on which was lost, ene more than a quorum. River and Harbor Conference. Mr. Frye then brought in the conference report on the river and harbor bill, which had been amended to overcome Senator ‘on's objections as to Brunswick harbor., ‘The request to have this report read in full gave rise to another brief but exciting de- bate, which was followed by the reading of report at all of its great length. The Senate agreed to the partial report and sent the bill again to conference, after which the*question recurred on Mr. Butler's mo- tion to take up the bon bill, whereupon Mr. Hill suggested the absence of a quorum, and forty-nine Senators answering io their names, he promtptly moved to adjourn. His call for the yeas and nays, however, was not honored, and on a division the ayes were 10 and the noes 36, again one more than a quorum. ‘handler thereupon demanded that Heover veto case be laid before the and this was done. Mr. Hill tried c have the entire proceedings read at . including the bill and message, but id not succeed, and the bill was rred to the committee on pen- that the bill which had just come over from the House, relating to immigration, be laid before the Senate and read at length. ‘This was held to be in order and more time ‘was thus consumed. An Adjournment. At four minutes past 6 Mr. Gray moved an adjournment. The yeas and nays not being ordered, although Mr. Hill demanded them, the vote was taken by a show of hands, resulting, Ayes 8, noes 35. The quorum kad finally been broken. On the roll call only 42 Senaters responded to their names, Mr. Chandler and Mr. Burrows remaining silent. There was a long wait, and at 6:24 a’clock, when it became apparent that a Quorum could not be obtained, Mr. Butler moved to adjourn, after giving notice that he would move to take up his bill the first thing this morning, and the Senators went to dinner. —————_+-2+____ The Buttonhole Bouquet. ¥Wrom the New Orleans Times-Democrat. “People when once addicted to a habit,” remarked a member of the Southern Ath- letic Club, “find it extremely dificult to break away, even If they would. A friend of mine, who is a prominent dealer in hides and cattle products, doing business on South Peters street, is absolutely a slave to the habit of wearing roses in his but- tonhole. I have known him for a number of yea yet during the entire period of our acquaintance I have never seen him Without the customary nosegay on the lap- pel of his coat. If he loses one he hunts a florist's shop and buys another. Winter or summer, it is the same thing. When I twitted him about it he said he had worn rosebuds so long that he could not tran: act his business or feel comfortable unk he posy was in his buttonhole. His father had done the same thing before him, and, in addition io this, he, my friend, often found it impossible to sleep unless a vase vf roses was on the table in his room at uight. He is an absolute rosebud fiend.” ‘TES, HALL Hair Revewer ts a renewer of the including Its growth, health, youth: iy. it will please you” 7° ful hair, VEGETABLE | ¢o, color and | Other lands are very much inclined to ac- NO REDUCTION WAS “MADE The Action of the Mt. Vernon Regents as * to Christian Endeavorers. Some Criticisms Made—A Statement in Reply Prepared for the Association. The action of the Mount Vernon Regents’ Association, declining to reduce the charge of admission to the Mount Vernon grounds and mansion for the Christian Endeavor visitors in July, has called forth some criticism. One correspondent of The Star States the criticisms as follows: “I am requested to voice the sentiment of many people in the northwest section, in expressing surprise, not to say indignation, at the refusal of the Mount Vernon man- agement to grant a reduction of rates to Mount Vernon to the delegates of the great Christian Endeavor Society soon to assem- ble in our city. It is thought that 50,000 Christian men and women will be in Wash- ington in July—members of all sects, de- nominations, churches aad political par- ties. The best Christian exponent of the land banded together in one great and holy purpose—the elevation and ameliora- tion of the human race. “It will soon be our privilege, as well as duty, to show them all honor and courtesy, and as a resident of Washington I blush that the first and justifiable request for an indulgence from a (must I say) selfish or- ganization with an overtlowing treasury, should have been curtly denied. Furth more, is It net a reflection upon our coun- try and our patriotism that our people must pay money to set foot upon the land owned by General Washington, and pay money to view the white casket in which lies the body of the father of his country; and pay, not a fair, but an exorbitant price for such privileges? Is it not time to call a halt? What say you, regents? Be gen- erous. Open wide the gates and let the people in.” The Regents’ Reply. When a Star reporter called the attention of ladies of the Mt. Vernon Association to the criticisms made, the press committee of the association prepared and sent to The Star the following statement: ‘The very polite request of The Star for information as to the necessary refusal of ‘rat part of the request of the Christian Endeavor, which required a special rate of admission for a week to Mount Vernon, Is erewith answered, with pleasure, by the ladies of the association. Requests come almost daily and in enormously great numbers from many and varied organiza- tions in the United States for special re- ductions in their favor in the rates of ad- mission to Mount Vernon, these rates not to apply to others. The revenue from the admission fee to Mount Vernon—which is 25 cents (twenty- five cents) for admission at the gates into the grounds and mansion—anything be- yond is the charge of the steamboat and transportation companies—is the only fixed source of income for the maintenance of the estate, that it may be preserved to be icoked upon by the lovers of our country who wish to see the sacred spot where Washington lived and died. The admission fee, we repeat, is the only fixed source of income, and the ladies have discovered (hat the price is fixed at as iow a rate as it can possibly be, in order to keep the estate intact, and to provide guardians for the afety of the home and precious relics. ‘The ladies had hoped that the Christian people of our country would be glad to con- tribute their quota to the maintenance of Washington’s home, and indulge the hope that the Christian Endeavorers and all cther such noble organizations, composed ef our Christian people, will not be behind- hand in being willing to do their share, and that they wil feel pleased to know that in honoring Mount Vernon with their presence during the week of July, from the Sth to the 15th, for which special conces- sions in the time of admission have been made, that they will not only be receiving for themselves pleasure, but that they will each be adding the sum of their admission fee—the 25 cents—to help preserve the home of Washington as a Mecca to the youth and men and women of their country. For the reason here given—that the asso- tion, after most careful financial investi- ations, have discovered it to be impera- ively necessary that the rate of admission should not be lower than 25 cents, and have in consequence never made such re- ductions—the association assembled in council made a by-law depriving the vice regents of the various states of the power to in any way alter the rate of admission until they shall have an endowment fund suffictent to insure the preservation of Washington's home to future generations. * -———.__ THE HOUSEHOLD WORK ROOM. An Important Convenience in Domes- tic Economy. From the St. Louts Globe-Democrat. There is a general impression that it 1s an easy eno.gh matter to rip up a garment. Almost ary body egn do it, and it is an un- dertaking that requires no special skill or care. Acting on this idea, clothing is pull- ed, torn, cut wita knives, snipped with scis- sors and, finelly, taken to pieces after this unprofitable fashion, and the operator comes and declares that everytiing is ready. A dyer who handles a large quanti- ty of black goods says that he long ago Save up expecting anybody to rip a gar- ment up as it should be done. If the seams are ripped, they are full of threads; some- times there ar2 buttons en; hooks and eyes are net uncommon; the fronts of them are stuck full of pins of various sorts, and linings, facings, braids and the like re- main, in whole or in pieces, just as the in- dividual ¥.ho had charge of the disintegrat- ing proces: har pens to leave them. To rip up a garment properly there should be no pulling. tearing or dragging apart. If one cannot take the end of the thread and pull it out, the stitches should be cut with a sharp knife. Very few persons can rip a garment with scissors without doing it great harm; incced, many find it impos- sitle to cut stitches with anything without raking hoes that render the goods abso- lutely worthlees for the one who originally wore it. When it is done the edges are so ragged that a much smaller pattern must be used. In preparing goods for the dyer or to be made over, every stitch should be taken cut. It seems scarcely necessary to say that facings, braid and hooks and eyes must be removed, but this is impera- tive, in view of the condition in which gar- ments come to the dressmaker and the dyer. Many dresses, capes and jackets are perfectly wearable after being carefully ripped, brushed, sponged and pressed. It is a wonder that some one does not set up an establishment for ripping clothes and putting them in order for the dressmaker. The owner of them freqvently has not time to do them properly, or is too careless and understands too little tho requirements of them to do it, -lad she all the time in the world. Some seml-invalid in every com- reunity might get a tolerable living, or at least add to a limited income, by prepar- ing garments for remoceling. ————__ -+e+______ Wages Then and Now.. From the Philadelphia Public Ledger. : Carroll D. Wright’s figures, showing that the average wages in 1890 were $445 a year, or, approximately, $1.45 a day, suggests a comparison with the wages formerly patd. A study of Prof. McMastcr’s “History of the United States” shows that the working men of today fare much better than their fathers and grandfathers did. Ten repre- sentative trades paid in 1840 an average of $1.31 per day, and in 1800 the same 10—ex- cepting plumbers, who are not reported— paid only 80.5 cents a day. In 4 unskill- ed labor commanded 25 cents a day, and that was twice as much as was paid for it 10 years earlier. On the other hand, the necessaries of life have not increased in price proportionately to the advance in wages. While wages in 1800 were nearly double what they were in 1800,:the price of beef had increased only from 8 to 14 cents @ pound, pork was at exactly the same price -l1 cents a pound—and other leading ar- ticles advanced a fraction, while wheat flour declined from $9 a barrel in 1800 to $7 in 1840 and $6 in 1890. In the same time sugar dropped from 16 cents a pound to 6, and tea from 95 cents a pound to 50, though coffee advanced from 27 cents a pound to 30. These figures seem to disprove the popular fallacy that the rich are growing richer and the poor poorer—unless, indeed, the American artisan is ranked with the rmer, a position which his brethren in cord him. ei NE ahaha MMe de deh del eI oe SU a AW Ah DS ka he Be ta ieee NU hich Re Pes ch UE hall del Rn OU SUR a dt ONY es ea LSA SLES OSG TRS REO DATS PTL A SHOP AS NS SL Yes ERG LI PULSE CCIE aA ARs IM SD IA BSI Sa RADE Eh Nec SR OE AEN EE oe ee THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1896-SIXTEEN PAGES. AFFAIRS’ IN GEORGETOWN Elooution Contest Among Students at Gas- ton Hall. Interesting Speeches Delivered—Local Notes of General Interest to All Classes. Gaston Memorial Hall of Georgetown University presented a pretty appearance last evening, between the handsome dec- orations, the glare of the numberless lights and the large audience that filled every seat. The occasion»was the second annual elocution contest, from the members of the class under the instruction of Prof. J. Car- roll Boone. There were eleven candidates for the gold medal offered the winner of the contest, and they were seated upon the stage, which was arranged to represent a drawing room. The judges for the occasion were Messrs. Maurice F. Egan, LL.D., J. Nota McGill, register of wills, and Edward J. Walsh. The contest lasted for nearly three hours. Benedict Francis Maher, class of '07, re- cited the chariot race from “Ben Hur,” while Thomas Clement Nelson, class of ‘98, recited a selection entitled “Ship- wrecked,” from the French of Coppee. ‘These two were so close in merit that the judges had some difficulty in rendering a decision, finally giving the honor to Mr. Maher, with Mr. Nelson a close second for honorable mention. William Evans Fox, class of "97, who recited Longfellow's “The Monk Felix,” was given second -honorable mention. The other contestants were John Aloysius Mulvihille, class of ‘06; Edmund Laurence Phillips and Joseph Daniel Sul- livan, class of ‘97; William Carroll Dia- mond, class of ", and James Livingstone Cullen, James Aloysius O'Shea, Frank William Romaine and Howard Louis Har- rington, class of "9. The reception committee consisted of James Ashton Devereux and John Fred- erick Wessel, class of '96; John Hughes Cassidy and Richard James Watkins, class of ‘07; Julius Sylvester Walsh, jr., und Heary Ryan Gower, class of ‘98, and Fran- eis Joseph Egan and Oliver Perry Johnson, class of ‘90. Played a Trick. The studerrts of the Western High School are highly incensed over a mean and con- temptible trick which was played upon company H of the High School Cadets at the first day of the annual drill. Efforis are being made to ascertain the party gui!- ty of such an act. During the drill of the various cemparies each school was trying to beat the others in cheering for its fi vorite company. Company H, the winner of the contest last year, Was regarded with jealousy. Scme one wrote a note on a piece of paper, forgirg Capt. Berry’s name to the same, requesting the crowd not to make any noise or to cheer while company H was’ drillirg. The note was passed all over the grand stand, and immediately up- on the er trance of company H on the field not a sound come from their large number of friends on the stand. When maneuvers were executed well the soldier boys of the school received no cheers. This disheart- ened the company considerably, and the boys failed to execute the orders with the! aecustomed snap ard yim. When it was found out afterward that they were the victims of a joke, every scholar of the school was enraged. Gala Time. This afternoon there will Le a gala time in Tenleytown. The new pubiic school house, which was recently completed, will witness a flag raising, in which all of the pupils and many of the people of the vil- lage will participate. A regular program has been arranged for the pupils, and several speeches, appropriaie to the oc- casion, will be delivered to dll the youthful blood with the fire of patriotism. The ex- ercises will wind up with a strawberry festival, which will be given Ly the pupils for the purpose of raising enough money to purchase a piano for the school. Notes, Mrs. Ellen V. Molyneaux died Wednesday afternoon at her residence, 3338 N street, after a short illness. She was taken sick with typhoid fever, which turned into pneumonia, and ended with death. Mrs. Molyneaux was a native of the District and was in the fifty-seventh year of her age. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning from Trinity Church. The inter- ment will be at Holy Rood cemetery. Word has been received here of the seri- cus illness of Miss Marie Lowe, a daughter of Mr. Perry Lowe. Miss Lowe entered the convent several years ago, and is now at a nunnery near Baltimor: The strawberry festival given last evening at the Gay Street Baptist Church by the Ladies’ Mite Society was a very success- ful affair. A musical and literary program will be given this evening at the Tenleytown Bap- tist Church, under the direction of Prof. Handy. Considerable talent will come from the Fifth Baptist Church of Wash- ington. ‘The street crossings on 22d street at the intersection of the Metropolitan railroad are in miserable condition and need the attention of the District repair brigade. —_-—— The Storage of Light. An interestiag possibility is opened up by @ recent communication of M. Charles Henry to the Paris Acacemie des Sciences, thus summarized in Cosmcs, March 28, and translated for the Literary Digest: “It is well known that heat hastens the emission of the light stored up by phosphorescent bodies; this fact, which it is easy to ob- serve On a phosphorescent surface in places where it is affected by the heat of the hand, may aiso be registered on a photo- graphic plate. M. Henry thcught that re- ciprocally intense cold should prevent the emission of this hg ht. Experiment confirms this prevision. It has proved that the em- ployment of interse cold is one of the most powerful means for preserving light in a latent condition in phosphorescent bodies, Unfortunately this process is hardly prac- Ucable at present, except in regions where cold costs nothing; but in any case it is the first step toward a great industrial tri- umph, the utilization of sunlight for tllumi- nation in the night time. Who doubts that frigorific processes, which have been em- ployed with so much success in the preser- vation of food meterials, may also serve for the preservation of light?” —_—--+e0— - As to Relics. From the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph. The issue of the abolition of the toll roads in Allegheny is on again, with the prospects reputedly in favor of its set- tlement soon in the proper way—that Is to say, In the abolition of the toll business. Toll roads in the country are bad enough relics of earlier civilization, but where they extend in part into a city, as in Al- legheny, there is added aggravation. While there have been claims to the con- trary, it is aserted that the $300,000 appro- priated some time ago will not only be suf- ficient to pay for the three roads, but will provide as well for a part of the improve- ments on them. As an interior relic the toli gate is passing out of existence, and it should not linger longer in metropolitan places, particularly after provision has been made for its disappearance. A Movable Stove. From the New York Journal. The one thing needful to make life perfect- ly happy in a flat has been invented by Thos. Austin of Brooklyn. It is a stove on wheels. ‘The stove is connected with the wall of the apartment in which it is placed by a tele- scoping pipe. It can be moved to any part of the room at will, and with very little trouble. It stands on wheels, and for those who wish to keep It within a strictly cireum- scribed area it can be fixed on rails running in two directions. One end of the pipe is firmly fixed to the wall and the other to the stove. There is no danger of a disconnection and consequent asphyxiation. The pipe may be made with as may telescoping joints as are desired, end can be prolonged or turned in any direc- tion. Mr. Austin was led to make the Invention by a pressing need which was felt in his own household. On very cold evenings the heater is drawn out into the middle of the room, so that everybody can sit around it. When the weather is milder it is pushed against the wall out of the way of the company.. The heat is not greater in one position than in the other, but there is a considerable dif- ference in the result, HOW TO GET MARRIED = ——— The New Law That“ Goes Into Effect Next Month. eS A Report That Some Mifisters Will Make # Contest—The Form of Ap- plication fora License. vy The act of Congress approved by the President the 13th instant relating to mar- rigges in the District of Columbia is, as has been heretofore nointed out in The Ster, a radical derarttre from the old law. The act provides that ft shall take effect frcm and after thirty days from its ap- proval. The new law will not, therefore, be in force until the 13th of next month. The trouble with the old law has been that while it commanded those performing merriages to make return of them to the clerk of the District Supreme Court, it provided no penalty for a failure to so do. Hence not half the officiating ministers ob- served this requirement of the law, their failure to do so often working great hard- ship and entailing considerable trouble and annoyance when the married parties sought to obtain evidence from the clerk of the performance of the marriage. Others Than Ministers. Heretofore, too, only ministers regular- ly ordained or appointed have been au- thorized to perform marriages here, but the new law gives like authority to judges of any court of record and justices of the peace, provided, however, that “when any minister or other’ person, appointed or or- dained according to the rites and cere- mendes of his church, shall, before the Su- preme Court of the District of Columbia, produce proof that he is duly appointed or ordained as such, and that he is in regu- lar communion with the religious soctety of which he is a member, such court may make an order authorizing him to cele- brate the rites of marriage In the District of Columbia.” Also that ‘marriages be- tween persons belonging to any religious society which hes no ordained minister may be solemnized by the person appoint- ed and in the manner prescribed by and practiced in any such society.” The Fee to Be Paid, After providing that only such above- mentioned persons shall hereafter celebrate the rites of marriage here, the new law says there “shall be paid by the husband fee of at least one dollar in each case.” Then, to enforce the proper return of the marriage to the clerk of the District Su- preme Court by the persons performing it within ten days thereafter, the new law further provides that upon a failure to make return the officiating person shall be fined for each and every offense noi less than $50 nor more than $250, in the dis- cretion of the court. While the new law makes no restriction as to the ages of persons desiring to marry here, it does provide “that if any male per- son intending to marry in the District of Columbia be under twenty-one years of age, and if a female under eighteen years of age, and has not been previously mar- ried, the consent of the father or guardian, or, if there be none, of the mother of such person, shall be given either personally to the clerk of the Supreme Court of the Dis- trict of Columbia or his deputy, or in writ- ing, subscribed by a witness, who shall make oath before the clerk of said court that said writing was signed or acknowl- edged in the presence of said witness, by such father, guardian, or mother, as the case may be.’ ri It also provides “that no leense for any marriage shall hereafter be issued to which any citizen of a foreign country shall be a party until a minister of consul represent- ing such foreign country. in the United States shall certify that the conditions to the validity of the marriage of the laws of such country shall have been complied with.” The Form of Application. In view of the requirements of the new law respecting the qualifications of the per- sons destring a license to wed, the District Supreme Ccurt has directed that the form oi the applicetion shall be es follows: Application tor License. No. —. District of Columbia, £9: a , applicant for the issuance of a marriage License to the persons nam- ed herein. do sclemnly swear (affirm) that the answers to the following interroga- tions are true: and aiso that all the re- quirements of the laws regulating mar- riages in , the country of which — is a citizen, fave been complied with, to the best of my knowledge ard belief, so help me God: Nemes Subseribed end eworn day of ———, 1 to before me this ss Clerk. By = Ascistant Clerk. The returns to marriages shall be made in person or by ma‘l on a coupon attached to and issued with the lcense, and a sec- ond coupon so attached and issued shall be given by the person performing the mar- riage to the contracting parties. The clerk of the District Supreme Court, who is the only person authorized to issue licenses to wed, shall keep in his office a record of the licenses and returns, and he shall also ex- amine and ascertain under oath “the full names, ages, color, whether married pre- viously or single, whether related or not, and, if so, in what degrees, of the parties desiring to marry.” Any negi2ct or failure to comply with the provisions of the new law subjects the clerk to a fine, upon con- viction thereof, of not less than $25 nor more than $500, in the discretion of the court, Ministers May Contest. It was sald at the city uall today that the ministe: or some of them, ct least, will test the validity of the new law, con- tending, it is said, that Congress cannot re- quire them, before performing marriages, to obtain authority therefor from any court. It will be observed, however, that the law provides no penalty where a min- ister performs a marriage without having first obtained authority from the court, and it is more than probable that those ministers who object to such provision will simply ignore it. —e Electricity Direct From Coal. “Two processes,” says the Engineering end Mining Journal, “have recently been described by which electricity can be pro- duced direct from combustion of coal. One process fs that of Dr. W. W. Jacques of New England, and his process may be briefly stated as consisting in blowing air througa a bath of fused caustic soda, hav- ing a carbon anode and iron cathode where- ty he obtains a ‘very large’ current, but the voltage ‘is low.’ So many details are missing in the published descriptions that it is hardly possible to attempt, a discus- ston of the merits of the disccVery. An- other worker in something the same line is Dr. Alfred Cochn of Germany, who takes as a basis for his work the principle that a method for obtaining electrical enersy direct from the oxidation of carbon may reasonably be sought, first, by determining the conditions under which carbon can be attacked in an electrolyte by the aid of an external circuit, and thereby adapting these conditions for the production of a current. By experiment Dr. Cochn has reached the following conclustuns: 1. It is fossible to prepare a solution of carbon by electrolytic means. 2. Carbon can be separated from such a solution at the ca- thode. 3. A cell may be made having car- bon for its soluble electrode.” : ee: An Effective Prayer. From the Lewiston Journal. A story illustrating the ready humor of the Cutting family concerns a certain Dea Jonathan, son of Jonathan, uncle of Jonas. He once labored for a man whose love of gain required his hands to be up, eat breakfast and be miles away to the woods with an ox team before light, Wishing to give his employer a gentle hint that he was asking too much of his workmen, he did so, when asked to pray one morning, in this wise: “We thank thee, O Lord, that thou hast brought us in safety thus far through the night; and if in thy providence we are permitted to see the light of an- other day, may we go forth to its duties with a cheerful heart and in thy fear.” The next morning he was permitied to eat his breakfast by daylight. VICTIM OF WITCH PRAYER Lilinokalani Was Threatened With Living Burial. Palcle of Lanai Announced Herself as a Goddess and Invoked the Dread Power of the Annaana. From the Overland Monthly. Lilluokalani, an untranslatable word, sig- nifying one belonging to heaven and of chiefly rank, or Lydia, as she was famil- jarly called in childhood, was taught her letters at the “Young Chief’s School.” She was very amiable and rather backward, in strange, yet not inexplicable contrast with her conduct in after years. Made queen, she rewarded by dismissal every effort on the part of her counselors to uphold good faith and a wise and rea- sonable conduct of public affairs, in one week Lilluokalani dissolved three cabinets opposed to her. Deposed by her indignant subjects, when false to her coronation oath, and attempt- ing a coup d'etat (the whites her chosen teachers and supporters, had, as property holders and voters, at least, equal rights with the natives), the ex-queen, whenever generously treated, was found secreting arms, concocting rebellion and conniving with a filibustering raid from the Pacific coast. It may not be amiss, in an age ever ready for political reasons to extol a lie, and when a certain sort of poesy is discovered in the maudlin tragedy of Lilluokalani, to present the briefest possible analysis of a belief and practice not popularly known end creating an environment teeming with disturbing factors for the ex-queen. Lacking serpents, the fair islands of the Hawaiian group possess a snake life, with rattle (kakeke), hypnotic fascination, se- creted poison and the power of dealing death, which may justly claim study from the standpoint of psychology, with a cu- tious bearing upon the unwritten history of Liliuokalani’s aberration and fall. Outgrowth of Savagery. If we except the atrocious details of child murder, where a native father has been known to break his child's back for the sake of annoying the mother, there is no darker outgrowth of savagery than the anaana. This power of “praying” any per- son to death, even his chief or the king, gives to the native kahuna or sorcerer an influence far transcending the force of arms among all the tribes of Polynesia. The board of health of Honoiulu seldom fails to make a monthly report of ten or more deaths of the ordinary natives from the “deadly prayers.” “Death ‘s almos: cer- tain to follow the machinations of a kah- una, unless the intervention of a kahuna of greater age can be secured. The victim zits quietly before his antagonist, takes no food and but little drink, and dies in a few days. “All the divinity that doth hedge a king” must prove of small avail if a nail paring, a hair, or a speck of the royal saliva fali into the possession of any sorcerer ready for regicide. The kahuna seeins to deify this material, which he addresses as an idol or fetich, praying it to destroy the life of the victim. “In many instances,” Mr. Bishop says, ‘death is due to a superstitious belief in a demon whom the native feels working in his vitals, and whom it is hopeless to re- sist.” A conspicuous triumph of the sorcerers occurs in the career of three members of Lilluokalani’s immediate family, and finally in her loss of right to rule her litle king- dom of Hawaii. Letters from reliable sources in 1893 represent the queen to have been Jong in kahuna toils and vacillating pitifully between good and evil counsels. Sacrifices were offered in the ancient way, and by the kahunas in the palace premises. Yet, next day we find her calling in the Protestant clergy for their prayers to Je- hovah. Once more she explained to a depu- tation of ladies her desire to do right, finally, however, yielding “gladly to the badder end.” “The queen reasoned with Parker, her prime minister, who opposed her conduct. She seemed beside herself with terror con- cerning the aumakaas, who are threaten- ing to bury her. Queen Threntened. “The queen is acting’ under the sugges- tions of the kahunas; a witch woman, Pul- cle of Lanat, has announced herself a god- dess, threatening the queen, at behest of the deities, in case she fails to restore the ancient privileges of the sorcerers, even to re-establishrent of the rites of heathen- dom and repossession of lands, to be taken back from the foreigners.” Clearly conspiracy of kahunas with ava- ricious politicians. “In case she—the queen—fatis in all this, vengeance will follow promptly, and she will be buried alive, with anaana.’ A native addressing the mob urged the people to seize and bury her, the kahunas assisting. Whenever the snake-life has op- portunity it becomes dangerous to all who would avoid a return to the anarchy and license of the native life. Pitied and par- doned again and again, Liliuokalani_re- turns to courses alike destructive to her- self and subjects. At the time it seemed incredible, yet the history of her brothers and sister point to the especially superstitious and yielding nature of this family. Leleihoxu, brother and heir apparent of Kalakau, is known to have been prayed to death. The writer well remembers Likelike, a bright and charming princess, well educated and speak- ing French and English. An eruption of the volcano Kilauea had persisted nearl nine months, when the akuas announ that a royal victim musi be sacrificed to stay the progress of the advancing lava. Likelike immediately offered herself as a sacrifice for her people. She slowly sank. in spite of medical treatment which her husband insisted on, and died in February, 1887. Kalakau, the late king, escaped all pos- sible attack from anaana by his conces- sions; in fact, he was deified and worship- ed as a god a few days before his death. Sorrowful, indeed, must be our thought as we review Liliuokaiani'’s short career. Alas! poor queen! provoked £8 the world has been by your duplicity, there is much to pity. How sad to you the transfer from your free life of old! No witch woman on your horizon then, After a morning gal- lop, your pa-u streaming far behind, you could loiter all day under a big pa-u, while your maidens strung yellow leis of the lau- hala, which you had a chieftain’s right to wear. Very happy and haughty and handsome you Jooked, with fine black lace over the ample folds of your rich China silk; free then your will, conscience and character, until a certain fierce light laid bare your cowardice, fickleness and guile--with final forfeit of leis, jewels and crown, in the inevitable panic of ingrained savage super- stition. C. F. 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